Wed.Dec 06, 2023

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Generative AI expected to take off in 2024, but concerns linger over cost, reliability and security

Fierce Healthcare

Only 25% of healthcare organizations have deployed generative AI solutions. | Only 25% of healthcare organizations have deployed generative AI solutions but that is expected to more than double next year as executives see opportunities to automate clinical documentation and improve patient communication.

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Corporate healthcare ownership reduces care quality, physician survey finds

Health Care Dive

As the rate of corporate-owned healthcare practices rise, providers say a lack of autonomy leads to diminished patient care.

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UnitedHealth report: Chronic conditions like depression, diabetes are on the rise

Fierce Healthcare

Chronic conditions, including mental health needs, are on the rise, according to a new report. | The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of industry giant UnitedHealth Group, released its annual America's Health Rankings report.

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Clover Health exits ACO REACH

Health Care Dive

The beleaguered insurer will leave the accountable care program at the end of the 2023 performance year following disappointing results in Medicare direct contracting.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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A tough 2024 is on the horizon. Here's how Deloitte says healthcare leaders should prepare

Fierce Healthcare

Many of the past year’s buzziest topics and omnipresent struggles will likely rear their heads as major talking points across 2024, per the year-ahead predictions of Deloitte’s healthcare industry | Generative AI, outsourcing and skilled labor retention are among the focal points provider and payer executives will need to keep in their crosshairs.

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Veteran’s lawsuit alleges VA Oracle EHR delayed cancer diagnosis

Health Care Dive

The suit alleges an army veteran’s diagnosis was held up for months due to errors with the electronic health record.

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Steward Health Care to close Massachusetts hospital amid financial troubles

Health Care Dive

The for-profit operator said low reimbursement rates and financial challenges will cause it to shutter the 182-bed facility.

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Cardiovascular disease is a major concern for women. Here's what employers can do

Fierce Healthcare

Cardiovascular disease is a key health concern for women, and a new guide seeks to arm employers with the tools and information need | Cardiovascular disease is a key health concern for women, and a new guide seeks to arm employers with the tools and information needed to help workers manage these needs.

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Chicago-area NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst rebrands to Endeavor Health

Health Care Dive

The name change comes nearly two years after the merger between the health systems closed.

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CalOptima launches campaign delivering free naloxone, a first-of-its-kind accomplishment for a public health plan

Fierce Healthcare

Attempting to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths in Orange County, California, CalOptima Health is beginning a $15 million campaign to distribute free naloxone to members. | CalOptima became the first public health plan to distribute free naloxone to members, the company recently announced.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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Black and Hispanic patients experiencing insults in healthcare settings

Healthcare It News

Racism and discrimination are unfortunately still common experiences in many settings, including healthcare. A new KFF survey shows that many Hispanic, Black, Asian, and American Indian and Alaska Native adults in the U.S. believe they must modify both their mindset and the way they look to stave off potential mistreatment during healthcare visits.

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Jefferson Health announces new primary care program for older LGBTQ+ adults

Fierce Healthcare

Jefferson Health has announced the launch of a recent program focused on primary care for Philadelphia’s aging LGBTQ+ community. | Pride at the Jefferson Center for Healthy Aging is said to be the first of its kind, combining clinical care and research efforts to create a primary care clinic for LGBTQ+ older adults. It offers gender-affirming care, HIV treatment and advanced care planning.

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How To Build A Sales Team That Can Generate Growth In The Home Care Business

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership To strategically grow, home care companies need to build out robust sales and business development teams. As demand for home care rises, sales teams are on the front lines of a very competitive private-pay marketplace. Oftentimes, the sales team is the linchpin between the caregiver, the client and a successful business.

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A New VISION is Reshaping DRG and Revenue Integrity in Healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

CorroHealth reveals new technology dedicated to optimizing DRG and Revenue Integrity. | A Look at Intelligent Technologies in CDI and DRG Integrity.

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Care Advantage Acquires Nova Home Health Care, Delivers On 18th Acquisition Since 2018

Home Health Care

Care Advantage announced Tuesday that it has acquired Nova Home Health Care. The acquisition expands Care Advantage’s Northern Virginia footprint — a market that CEO Tim Hanold believes is an important one for current and future growth. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Northern Virginia is one of the more populated areas across the state,” Hanold told Home Health Care News.

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Deloitte Survey: 5 Factors Likely to Shape Healthcare in 2024

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The US healthcare system is undergoing a period of significant transformation, driven by factors such as consolidation, digital transformation, and the rise of empowered consumers, according to Deloitte’s 2024 Health Care Industry Outlook survey. – Healthcare organizations face several challenges in 2024, including talent shortages, workforce challenges, rising costs, and affordability concerns.

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Home Care Company Best of Care Acquires Barton’s Angels

Home Health Care

The home care provider Best of Care is expanding its portfolio once again, this time on its 43rd anniversary. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had acquired Barton’s Angels, also a home care provider. Best of Care has diversified its portfolio through acquisition over recent years. Through TUCKed In Eldercare, it offers care management. Through Moving Mentor, it offers move management services for seniors.

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Sika Health Launches Brand Marketplace Empowering Merchants to Accept Pre-Tax Dollars for HSA-FSA Wellness Products

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Sika Health , a leading HSA/FSA payment solution for eCommerce merchants, today announced the launch of Sika Health Marketplace, the go-to shopping destination that makes it easy and hassle-free for consumers to shop eligible products at leading health and wellness brands and retailers with their pre-tax funds. With the Sika Health Marketplace, consumers can understand where they can spend their HSA/FSA funds and actively spend those dollars on over 18,000 eligible SKUs acr

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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AI-Aided Colonoscopy May Improve Colorectal Neoplasia Detection

Health IT Analytics

Artificial intelligence may enhance colorectal neoplasia detection, but more research is needed to evaluate the long-term benefits of AI-aided colonoscopy.

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Well-Architected for Industry: Optimize Microsoft Industry Clouds implementation

Cloud Blogs

When designing solutions, reducing complexity, and avoiding technical debt is a priority. As part of our efforts to empower implementers to create reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions, we have introduced Well-Architected for Industry. The framework consists of five pillars of architectural excellence including reliability, cost optimization, operational excellence, performance efficiency, and security.

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Expanding access to physiotherapy will help break logjam in primary care

Healthy Debate

Incorporating physiotherapists into primary care teams could help reduce the backlog of patients seeking care for musculoskeletal problems.

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Voices: Susan Mills, Senior Program Director for Home Health and Hospice, ACHC

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by ACHC. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Susan Mills, Senior Program Director for Home Health and Hospice, ACHC, to talk about the key compliance challenges, opportunities and trends to watch in the current home-based care environment. She explains how ACHC can help providers navigate the tumultuous regulatory landscape and provides a future outlook on the home-based care industry in the years ahead.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.

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Considering DPF Certification? It May be Worth Considering APEC Certifications, Too

Triage Health Law

It has become commonplace to talk about compliance becoming more and more of a challenge amidst the increasing complexities and fragmentation of regulations worldwide. Data protection compliance is no exception. As new requirements continue to mushroom across the globe with escalating frequency and accompanied by heightened repercussions for any failure to meet expected standards, global companies are now, more than ever, seeking ways to simplify their compliance strategy while demonstrating acc

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OHCA Published Near-Final Draft of Regulations Requiring Notice and Review of Material Healthcare Transactions in 2024

Sheppard Health Law

In the final days of November, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) published three updates related to its proposed regulations regarding the review of certain healthcare transactions in California: the finding of emergency , which details OHCA’s justification for finding emergency regulations necessary to carry out its statutory obligation to evaluate consolidation and market power via cost and market impact reviews (CMIR) involving certain health care entities (HCEs); the notificatio

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

Bill Of Health

By Hannah Rahim Many mental health provider directories for private and public insurance plans contain inaccurate or outdated provider information , which creates a misleading illusion of accessible care. These ghost networks result in many patients being unable to access essential mental health care. To tackle this issue, federal and state governments should strengthen the regulation of insurance networks and insurers should address underlying causes of inadequate networks.

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Carta Healthcare Appoints Brent Dover as New CEO

HIT Consultant

Brent Dover, CEO at Carta Healthcare What You Should Know: – Carta Healthcare , a health technology company specializing in unlocking the value of clinical data, has announced the appointment of Brent Dover as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). – Dover takes over the reins from Matt Hollingsworth, who co-founded Carta Healthcare in 2017 and remains a board member.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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Inside Health Care #120: Bringing PCMH Back Home and Digging into Supplemental Data

NCQA

In this episode of our “Inside Health Care” podcast, we hear two interviews that each demonstrate how close we are to solving the challenges of health disparities and digital transformation. Our first interview finds a real-life, “Last Mile” solution that will bring historically under-served populations to the health care services they need and deserve.

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Fountain Life Acquires LifeOmic to Optimize Preventative Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fountain Life, a leader in advanced diagnostics and preventative healthcare, has acquired LifeOmic , a health data technology company specializing in precision medicine. – This acquisition significantly strengthens Fountain Life’s ability to deliver data-driven, proactive healthcare services to its members. Acquisition Optimizes Fountain Life’s Preventative Care Offerings LifeOmic’s technology platform will become the backbone of Fountain Life̵

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Healthcare AI News 12/6/23

HIStalk

News Google announces Gemini, an “everything machine” competitor to ChatGPT.

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Evara Health is tackling chronic conditions and saving lives with RPM

Healthcare It News

A while back, Evara Health had briefly considered remote patient monitoring as a service, but the federally qualified health center never had the necessary funding. THE PROBLEM With so many patients being elderly or having transportation issues, the organization recognized the need to better monitor patients with chronic diseases who were not able to come into clinics regularly.

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.